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Though you think they would have done anything?

Dear all,

There is a sentence I hardly to understand in this paragraph. Please take a look on the bold sentence:

"Yes, thanks Ryan, some risk you took there. That Baku guy is sick. Though you think they would have done anything?" I said, striving for a cool I didn't feel.
“Who knows? Maybe not,” Ryan rotated a shoulder, “But you can never tell when guys get into mob mentality.”

Could you please explain the meaning or suggest the alternative sentence?

Re: Though you think they would have done anything?

Originally Posted by Selviya87

Dear all,

There is a sentence I hardly to understand in this paragraph. Please take a look on the bold sentence:

"Yes, thanks Ryan, some risk you took there. That Baku guy is sick. Though you think they would have done anything?" I said, striving for a cool I didn't feel.
“Who knows? Maybe not,” Ryan rotated a shoulder, “But you can never tell when guys get into mob mentality.”

Could you please explain the meaning or suggest the alternative sentence?

A bunch of thanks from me

Selviya87

Apparently, Ryan saved the speaker from some bad guys. (The speaker

thanks Ryan for taking a risk.) Then the speaker, trying to be cool

(not caring) asks Ryan: Though [here the word might mean something

like "but"] you think [that] they [really] would have done something bad

Re: Though you think they would have done anything?

Originally Posted by Selviya87

Dear all,

There is a sentence I hardly to understand in this paragraph. Please take a look on the bold sentence:

"Yes, thanks Ryan, some risk you took there. That Baku guy is sick. Though you think they would have done anything?" I said, striving for a cool I didn't feel.
“Who knows? Maybe not,” Ryan rotated a shoulder, “But you can never tell when guys get into mob mentality.”

Could you please explain the meaning or suggest the alternative sentence?

Re: Though you think they would have done anything?

Incidentally, where did you find this text? Last time I 'rotated a shoulder' I was carving a joint of lamb.

b

Good point. It's also taught in basic writing classes that you cannot rotate a shoulder, "Who knows? Maybe not".

The sentence should read: “Who knows? Maybe not,” said Ryan, rotating a shoulder, “But you can never tell when guys get into mob mentality.”
OR
“Who knows? Maybe not.” Ryan rotated a shoulder. “But you can never tell when guys get into mob mentality.”